Kōkiri Learn

Week 2 of 4

Try it two ways and find your symbols

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Session 1 · CREATE: Experiment

Two ways, one idea

  1. 10 minMini-lesson: the elements (line, shape, colour, texture, space, form) and three principles (emphasis, contrast, balance). Show one artwork for each.
  2. 30 minMake two fast trials of the same idea in different media, e.g. charcoal drawing vs torn-paper collage, or a cool-colour version vs a warm-colour version. Ten to fifteen minutes each. No rubbers.
  3. 10 minPhotograph both. Under each, write one thing that works and one thing that doesn't.

Session 2 · CREATE: Experiment

Symbols and colour moods

  1. 10 minWhat is a symbol? A broken chain for freedom, a kete for knowledge, an empty chair for someone missing. Brainstorm symbols for your idea that are yours to use.
  2. 15 minColour mood swatches: paint or colour six swatches and label the feeling each gives you. Choose a palette of three.
  3. 15 minDesign your own symbol: simplify an object from your stimulus into a strong shape you could draw from memory.
  4. 10 minPīwakawaka asks one question about a choice you made. Write your answer under your trials.

Getting started

Trial one medium using the template composition (one big shape, one small shape, one texture).

Stretch

Take a risk: try a material or technique you have never used, such as ink and a stick, or collage on corrugated card.

Checkpoint

Two documented trials, a three-colour palette, one original symbol and a reason for choosing your direction.

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